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Break into Irish song

The Irish are known for many things — potatoes, centuries of suffering, Bono — but arguably nothing is more synonymous with Ireland than its Celtic music and St. Patrick’s Day.

Whether singing about famines, sailors lost at sea, factory oppressiveness, or that fair lassie who drank all the whiskey, the Irish pack a punch into their music laden with fiddles, flutes and bodhrans.

You could spend weeks listening to years of Irish history told through song, but we don’t have years. We have one day, Sunday, March 17, St. Patrick’s Day, when everyone is honorarily Irish.

To prepare for the holiday and the Irish music that certainly will flow like green beer, we offer this crash course in Irish music in one over-the-top, ridiculous Mad Libs-style song.